Marist-Sion College is a coeducation

Coeducation

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al Catholic

Catholic

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 independent school

Independent school

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 founded in 1975 in Warragul

Warragul, Victoria

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia

Australia

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. Marist-Sion enrolls students from towns spanning from Morwell

Morwell, Victoria

-Transport:The main form of transport in Morwell is the automobile. The Princes Freeway now bypasses the town to the south while the old Princes Highway which once passed through east-west through its centre is now Princes Drive and Commercial Road. The highway connects Morwell with other...

 to Pakenham

Pakenham, Victoria

Pakenham is a satellite suburb of Melbourne on the edge of the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is Cardinia Shire. At the 2006 Census, Pakenham had a population of 19,644...

, Neerim

Neerim, Victoria

Neerim is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Main Neerim Road, in the Shire of Baw Baw.The town was connected to the Victorian Railways network when on 27 March 1917 an extension of the line from Warragul to Neerim South was opened, later connecting to Noojee in 1919...

 District and Ellinbank District. Marist-Sion serves four local parishes; Warragul

Warragul, Victoria

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north...

, Drouin

Drouin, Victoria

Drouin is a major service town, located in West Gippsland, east of Melbourne. Its local government area is the Shire of Baw Baw. The town is supposedly named after a Frenchman who invented a chlorination process for the extraction of ore or an Aboriginal word meaning "north wind". New estate...

, Trafalgar

Trafalgar, Victoria

Trafalgar is a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and main Gippsland railway line about west of Moe. The town backs onto the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges to the south...

 and Iona

Iona, Victoria

Iona is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Iona had a population of 337.-History:...

/Maryknoll

Maryknoll, Victoria

Maryknoll is a town in Victoria, Australia, 61 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia...

. The College is one of the founding members of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia

Association of Marist Schools of Australia

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History

Marist-Sion College was formed in 1975 as a result of the merger between the Marist Brothers Boys College and the Our Lady of Sion Girls College.

Current Leaders

• Mr Peter Houlahan, Principal
• Mr John Picinali, Deputy Principal
• Mrs Lynn Shields, Business Manager
• Mrs Robyn Rebbechi, Director of Faith
• Samuel Piasente, School Captain
• Brodie Webb, School Captain

House system

Previous to 2001 there were four houses, Champagnat, Joseph, Mackillop and Marcellin. However, four new houses were added in 2001, being: Jericho, Loreto, Lourdes and Sion.
Below are the houses with their respective colours and heads of houses.

• Champagnat - Navy Blue, Mrs Elly Martin
• Joseph - Gold, Mr John Heatley
• Jericho - Orange, Mr Thomas Sandner
• Loreto - White, Mrs Deborah Cumming
• Lourdes - Light Blue, Mrs Lorinda Lovitt
• Mackillop - Green, Ms Sally Sharp
• Marcellin - Red, Mr Adrian Mitchell
• Sion - Purple, Mr Peter Coghlan

External links

• Official Marist-Sion College Website